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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5250 

To reauthorize titles II and V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize titles II and V of the Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Justice and 

5 Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 103(22) of the Juvenile 

8 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 

9 U.S.C. 11103) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including any 

10 prison,’’ after ‘‘secure facility’’. 


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1 (b) STATE PLANS.—Section 223 of the Juvenile Jus2 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

3 11133) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

6 (i) by striking the matter preceding 

7 subparagraph (A) and inserting the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(3) provide satisfactory evidence that the State 

10 agency has established and maintained, or is work11 ing toward establishing and maintaining, an advisory 

12 group that—’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by strik14 ing ‘‘at the time of the initial appoint15 ment’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (9)— 

17 (i) in the matter preceding subpara18 graph (A)— 

19 (I) by striking ‘‘not less than 75 

20 percent of’’; 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘shall be used 

22 for’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be used in 

23 accordance with the plan’’; and 

24 (III) by striking ‘‘promising pro25 grams—’’ and inserting ‘‘promising 


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1 programs, which may include pro2 grams for—’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (F)— 

4 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

5 (i), by striking ‘‘expand the use of 

6 probation officers’’ and inserting ‘‘im7 prove probation departments’’; and 

8 (II) in clause (i), by striking 

9 ‘‘non-violent juvenile offenders (in10 cluding status offenders)’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘youth’’; 

12 (iii) in subparagraph (M)— 

13 (I) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘re14 storative practices,’’ before ‘‘expanded 

15 use of probation’’; and 

16 (II) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, 

17 including determining the appropriate18 ness of programs intended to divert 

19 youth from the justice system at the 

20 earliest point possible’’ before the 

21 semicolon at the end; 

22 (iv) in subparagraph (V), by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

24 (v) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(X) programs to address racial and ethnic 

2 disparities; 

3 ‘‘(Y) programs and projects to collect data 

4 on the socioeconomic status of youth in the ju5 venile justice system; 

6 ‘‘(Z) programs intended to help divert 

7 youth from the justice system before or after 

8 arrest; and 

9 ‘‘(AA) programs in support of the initia10 tives described in paragraphs (11) through (13) 

11 and (16);’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (11)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (I) in clause (i)(II), by striking 

15 ‘‘paragraph (23)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘paragraph (11)(B)’’; and 

17 (II) in clause (ii)(II)(bb), by 

18 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (ii) by striking paragraph (11)(B) and 

20 inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) require that, if a juvenile is taken 

22 into custody for violating a valid court order 

23 issued for committing a status offense— 

24 ‘‘(i) an appropriate public agency 

25 shall be promptly notified that the juvenile 


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1 is held in custody for violating the court 

2 order; 

3 ‘‘(ii) not later than 24 hours after the 

4 juvenile begins to be held, an authorized 

5 representative of the agency shall inter6 view, in person, the juvenile; 

7 ‘‘(iii) not later than 48 hours after the 

8 juvenile begins to be held— 

9 ‘‘(I) the representative described 

10 in clause (ii) shall submit an assess11 ment to the court that issued the 

12 court order relating to the immediate 

13 needs of the juvenile; 

14 ‘‘(II) the court that issued the 

15 court order shall conduct a hearing to 

16 determine— 

17 ‘‘(aa) whether there is rea18 sonable cause to believe that the 

19 juvenile violated the court order; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(bb) the appropriate place22 ment of the juvenile pending dis23 position of the alleged violation; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(III) if the court that issued the 

2 court order determines the juvenile 

3 should be placed in a secure detention 

4 facility or correctional facility for vio5 lating the court order— 

6 ‘‘(aa) the court shall issue a 

7 written order that— 

8 ‘‘(AA) identifies the 

9 valid court order that has 

10 been violated; 

11 ‘‘(BB) specifies the fac12 tual basis for determining 

13 that there is reasonable 

14 cause to believe that the ju15 venile has violated the court 

16 order; 

17 ‘‘(CC) includes findings 

18 of fact to support a deter19 mination that there is no ap20 propriate less restrictive al21 ternative available to placing 

22 the juvenile in the secure de23 tention facility, with due 

24 consideration to the best in25 terest of the juvenile; 


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1 ‘‘(DD) specifies the 

2 length of time, not to exceed 

3 7 days, that the juvenile 

4 may remain in a secure de5 tention facility or correc6 tional facility, and includes a 

7 plan for the release of the 

8 juvenile from the facility; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(EE) may not be re11 newed or extended; and 

12 ‘‘(bb) the court may not 

13 issue a second or subsequent 

14 order described in item (aa) re15 lating to a juvenile unless the ju16 venile violates a valid court order 

17 after the date on which the court 

18 issues an order described in item 

19 (aa); and 

20 ‘‘(iv) there are procedures in place to 

21 ensure that the juvenile held in a secure 

22 detention facility or correctional facility 

23 pursuant to a court order described in this 

24 paragraph does not remain in custody 


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1 longer than the shorter of 7 days and the 

2 length of time authorized by the court; and 

3 ‘‘(C) require that not later than September 

4 30, 2028, the State will eliminate the use of 

5 valid court orders to provide secure confinement 

6 of juveniles who commit status offenses, except 

7 that juveniles may be held in secure confine8 ment in accordance with the Interstate Com9 pact for Juveniles if the judge issues a written 

10 order that— 

11 ‘‘(i) specifies the authority of the 

12 State to detain the juvenile under the 

13 terms of the Interstate Compact for Juve14 niles; 

15 ‘‘(ii) includes findings of fact to sup16 port a determination that there is no ap17 propriate less restrictive alternative avail18 able to placing the juvenile in such a facil19 ity, with due consideration to the best in20 terest of the juvenile; 

21 ‘‘(iii) specifies the length of time a ju22 venile may remain in secure confinement, 

23 not to exceed 15 days, and includes a plan 

24 for the return of the juvenile to the home 

25 State of the juvenile; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) may not be renewed or ex2 tended;’’; 

3 (D) in paragraph (13)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

6 (i), by inserting ‘‘for adults’’ after 

7 ‘‘jail or lockup’’; and 

8 (II) in clause (ii)(III), by adding 

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

10 (ii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(C) juveniles awaiting trial or other legal 

13 process who are treated as adults for purposes 

14 of prosecution in criminal court and housed in 

15 a secure facility, unless a court finds, after a 

16 hearing and in writing and in accordance with 

17 paragraph (14), that it is in the interest of jus18 tice;’’; 

19 (E) by striking paragraph (23); 

20 (F) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

21 through (22) as paragraphs (15) through (23), 

22 respectively; 

23 (G) by inserting after paragraph (13) the 

24 following: 

25 ‘‘(14) provide that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a juvenile described in paragraph 

2 (13)(C)— 

3 ‘‘(i) that is confined in any jail or 

4 lockup for adults shall not have sight or 

5 sound contact with adult inmates; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in this para7 graph, may not be held in any jail or lock8 up for adults; 

9 ‘‘(B) in determining under paragraph 

10 (13)(C) whether it is in the interest of justice 

11 to permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or 

12 lockup for adults, or have sight or sound con13 tact with adult inmates, a court shall con14 sider— 

15 ‘‘(i) the age of the juvenile; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the physical and mental maturity 

17 of the juvenile; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the present mental state of the 

19 juvenile, including whether the juvenile 

20 presents an imminent risk of harm to the 

21 juvenile; 

22 ‘‘(iv) the nature and circumstances of 

23 the alleged offense; 

24 ‘‘(v) the juvenile’s history of prior de25 linquent acts; 


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1 ‘‘(vi) the relative ability of the avail2 able adult and juvenile detention facilities 

3 to meet the specific needs of the juvenile 

4 and protect the safety of the public and 

5 other detained juveniles; and 

6 ‘‘(vii) any other relevant factor; and 

7 ‘‘(C) if a court determines under subpara8 graph (B) that it is in the interest of justice to 

9 permit a juvenile to be held in a jail or lockup 

10 for adults— 

11 ‘‘(i) the court shall hold a hearing not 

12 less frequently than once every 30 days, or 

13 in the case of a rural jurisdiction, not less 

14 frequently than once every 45 days, to re15 view whether it is still in the interest of 

16 justice to permit the juvenile to be so held 

17 or have such sight or sound contact; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the juvenile shall not be held in 

19 any jail or lockup for adults, or be per20 mitted to have sight or sound contact with 

21 adult inmates, for more than 180 days, un22 less the court, in writing, determines there 

23 is good cause for an extension or the juve24 nile expressly waives this limitation;’’; 


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1 (H) in paragraph (15), as so redesig2 nated— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘jails, lock-ups, deten4 tion facilities, and correctional facilities’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘jails and lockups for adults, 

6 secure detention facilities, and secure cor7 rectional facilities’’; 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘, except that such re9 porting requirements’’ and all that follows; 

10 and 

11 (iii) by adding a semicolon at the end; 

12 (I) in paragraph (16), as so redesignated, 

13 in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 

14 inserting ‘‘that are culturally and linguistically 

15 competent’’ before ‘‘at the State, territorial, 

16 local, and tribal levels’’; 

17 (J) in paragraph (17), as so redesignated, 

18 by striking ‘‘gender, race, ethnicity, family in19 come, and disability’’ and inserting ‘‘gender, 

20 race, ethnicity, religion, family income, dis21 ability, national origin, and sexual orientation’’; 

22 (K) by striking paragraph (24); and 

23 (L) by redesignating paragraphs (25) 

24 through (33) as paragraphs (24) through (32), 

25 respectively; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (d)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘In the event that any 

3 State’’ and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event that any 

5 State’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by 

7 striking ‘‘802, 803, and 804 of title I of the 

8 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

9 1968’’ and inserting ‘‘802 and 803 of title I of 

10 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

11 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10222, 10223)’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(2) LOCAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NONPROFIT

14 AGENCIES.—Local public and private nonprofit 

15 agencies within a State shall be eligible to receive 

16 funds under paragraph (1)— 

17 ‘‘(A) only upon a showing by the State 

18 agency designated under subsection (a)(1) of 

19 exigent circumstances; and 

20 ‘‘(B) in no case for more than 2 consecu21 tive years.’’. 

22 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

23 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 103 of the Juvenile 

24 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 

25 U.S.C. 11103) is amended— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (30), by striking ‘‘and 

2 (15)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (16)’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (39), by striking 

4 ‘‘(a)(15)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(16)’’. 

5 (2) CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORTS.— 

6 Section 204(b)(7) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin7 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

8 11114(b)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(14)’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘(a)(15)’’. 

10 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

11 601 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

12 Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11321) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

14 years 2025 through 2029’’. 

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